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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

