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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

