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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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