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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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