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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

