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
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

