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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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