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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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