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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldnโt consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

