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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the homeโs owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

