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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston