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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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