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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

