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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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