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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

