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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

