Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

