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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

