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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

