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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 donโt...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

