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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

