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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston