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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

