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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown