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