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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

