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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

