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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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