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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

