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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

