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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

