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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

