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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

