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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

