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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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
