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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

