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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

