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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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