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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although itโs difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluthโs Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

