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

