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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

