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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

