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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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