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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

