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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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