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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

