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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

