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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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