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