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