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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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