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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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