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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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