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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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