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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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