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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

