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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

