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 didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

