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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

