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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

