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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

