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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

