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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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