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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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