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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

