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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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