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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

