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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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