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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

