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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

