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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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