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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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