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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown