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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

