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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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