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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

