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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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