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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

