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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

