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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

