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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

