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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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