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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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