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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
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...
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

