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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

