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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

