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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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