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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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