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...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

