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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston