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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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