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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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