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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

