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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

