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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

