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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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