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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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