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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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