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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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