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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

