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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

