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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

