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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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