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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

