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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

