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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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