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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City