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

