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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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