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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

