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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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