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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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