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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

