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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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