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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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