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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

