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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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