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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

