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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

