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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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