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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown