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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

