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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

