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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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