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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

