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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

