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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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