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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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