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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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