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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

