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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

