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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Old Brewery In Preston