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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the JamesโYounger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

