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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

