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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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