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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If youโve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

