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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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