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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City