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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

