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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

