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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

