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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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