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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
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...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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