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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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