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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

