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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
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 Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

