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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

