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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

