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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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