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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

