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
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluthโs west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

