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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

