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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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