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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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