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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

