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 Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

