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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

