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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

