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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

