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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

