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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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