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