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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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