Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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