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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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