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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

