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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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