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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City