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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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