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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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