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