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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

