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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown