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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

