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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

