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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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