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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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