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
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

