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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
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...

