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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

