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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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