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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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