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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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