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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

