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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Old Brewery In Preston