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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston