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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston