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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

