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