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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

