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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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