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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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