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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

