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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

