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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

