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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

