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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

