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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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