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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

