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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

