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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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