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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston