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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

