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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

