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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near 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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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