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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

