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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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