Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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