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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

