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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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