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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

