Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
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Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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