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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didnโt leave behind much...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286โ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

