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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

