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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

