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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

