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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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