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
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

