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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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