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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...

