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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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