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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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