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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

