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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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