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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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