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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill 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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

