It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If youโve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluthโs Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

