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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

