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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

