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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

