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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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