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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
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...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

