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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

