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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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