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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston