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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

