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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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