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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

