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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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