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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

