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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

