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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

