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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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