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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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