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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

