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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown