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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

