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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

