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 Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown