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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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