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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

