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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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