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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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