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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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