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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

