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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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