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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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