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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

