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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

