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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

