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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

