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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown