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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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