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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

