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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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