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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

