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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

