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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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