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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

