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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

