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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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