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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

