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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

