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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

