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