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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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