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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

