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