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