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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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