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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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