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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

