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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

