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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

