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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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