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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
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...
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

