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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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