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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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