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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

