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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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