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