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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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