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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

