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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

