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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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