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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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