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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

