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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

