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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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