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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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