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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
