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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

