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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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