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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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