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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
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
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

