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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

