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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

