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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
