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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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