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 Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

