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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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