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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

