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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many Americanโs minds as...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Millerโs Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

