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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

