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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

