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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

