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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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