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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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