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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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