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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

