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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

