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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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