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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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