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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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