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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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