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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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