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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

