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

