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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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