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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

