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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown