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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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