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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

