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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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