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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

