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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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