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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater 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...
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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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