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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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