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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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