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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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