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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

