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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

