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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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