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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

