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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

