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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul