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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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