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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

