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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

