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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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