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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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