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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

