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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

