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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

