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

