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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

