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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

