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
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

