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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

