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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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