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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown