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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

