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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

