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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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