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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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