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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

