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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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