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

