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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

