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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

