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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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