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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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