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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

