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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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