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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

