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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

