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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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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