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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

