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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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