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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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