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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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