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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown