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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

