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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
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...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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