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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

