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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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