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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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