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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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