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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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