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