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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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