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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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