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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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