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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

