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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

