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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime โ the murder of Carol...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

