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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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