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...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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 The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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