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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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