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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

