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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

