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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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