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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

