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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

