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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

