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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

