Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Robbinsdale Library
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The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
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The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
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Almond White and the Motley Castle
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Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
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Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
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Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
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Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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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