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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul