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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston