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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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