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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

