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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

