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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

