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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

