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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

