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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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