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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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