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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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