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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

