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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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