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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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