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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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