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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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