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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

