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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

