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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
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 New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul