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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

