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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

