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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown