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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although itโs difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

