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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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