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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

