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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

