Twin Cities Area

Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel

It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...

Wilder Public Baths

It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...

Greater Minnesota

Historic Franconia

Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...

Jordan Brewery Complex

During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...