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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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