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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

