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 Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the cityโs most influential women.This...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

