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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

