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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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