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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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