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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

