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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown