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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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