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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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