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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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