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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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