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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

