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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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