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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

