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

