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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

