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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

