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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

