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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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