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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
Old Brewery In Preston