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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

