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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

