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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

