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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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