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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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