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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime โ the murder of Carol...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

