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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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