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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

