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