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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

