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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City