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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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