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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

