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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul