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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

