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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

