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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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