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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

