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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

