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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In 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