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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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