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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill โ does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

