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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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