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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

