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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

