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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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