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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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