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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
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...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown