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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

