Twin Cities Area

Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel

It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...

Greater Minnesota

Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater

On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls

I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...