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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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