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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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