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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

