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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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