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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the homeโs owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

