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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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