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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

