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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

