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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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