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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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