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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

