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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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