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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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