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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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