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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
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...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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