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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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