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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill โ does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

