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