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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

