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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor 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