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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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