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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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