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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

