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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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