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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

