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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City