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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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